![]() UTILIZING SIMILAR teamwork, the real-life Phillips and members of his AFL-CIO-affiliated union, the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P), are now rallying against a threat to their livelihood more serious than Somali pirates. On the 17,000-ton Maersk Alabama, he notes, "the crew and I were ready for each crisis" because "we'd drilled for exactly those kinds of situations." A Captain's Duty provides a vivid account of the teamwork and discipline required to survive at sea, amid the occupational hazards created by hurricanes, shipboard fires, container accidents, collisions and, yes, armed assaults by would-be hijackers. Indeed, in his book and film-related interviews, the Massachusetts Maritime Academy graduate emphasizes the collective nature of freighter work, both on a day-to-day basis and in moments of danger on the high seas. "There was a ship with 19 crew members that this story is about, not just me.They acted bravely and acted properly.It would be a different story without their actions." "I do not like the movie named after me, as it makes it out to be just me out there," he told Destination Vermont, a travel magazine. ![]() Phillips himself has been exceedingly modest about his role in the Maersk Alabama drama. In Captain Phillips, it's a toss-up who should get the hero's garland-the film's eponymous captain, his well-trained and fast-acting crew, or the Navy SEALs who rescued Phillips after the pirates took him hostage and tried to escape in a small boat. On October 11, Captain Phillips got his second 15 minutes of international acclaim when Sony Pictures unveiled a big-budget film based on his book. But as he recalls in his 2010 memoir, A Captain's Duty (co-authored with Stephan Talty), "the Phillips are a wild bunch with our own brand of humor, which not everyone gets.One example: That night, my sisters were joking.about Hollywood making a film about the hostage-taking and began casting all the parts." According to Phillips, his siblings favored the dashing George Clooney to play the lead role.įour years after his near-death experience off the coast of Africa, America's most famous maritime union member has had to settle for Tom Hanks instead. Captain Phillips: We all got bosses.WHEN SOMALI pirates captured Captain Richard Phillips in 2009, his large Irish-American family gathered at a farmhouse in Vermont to await news of his fate.Īt the time, the Maersk Alabama's skipper was just one AK-47 round away from perishing at sea. Captain Phillips: You had thirty thousand dollars. Captain Phillips: The problem is not me talking. Captain Phillips: 6 million dollars? So what are you doing here? Muse: Shut up, Irish. Captain Phillips: They would rather sink this boat than let you get me Somalia. Captain Phillips: They can't let you win. Captain Phillips: The Navy is not gonna let you win. Muse: Maybe in America, Irish, maybe in America. Muse: I'm the captain now.Ĭaptain Phillips: There's got to be something other than being a fisherman or kidnapping people. Muse: Thirty thousand dollars? What am I? Do I look like a beggar? Captain Richard Phillips: You know, I think we have in the safe, we got thirty thousand dollars. Kenny? Kenny: Yeah? Captain Phillips: Kenny, what do we have in the safe? About what, thirty.thirty thousand dollars in the safe? Kenny: Uh.yeah. Muse: Dollars? Captain Phillips: Uh.we do. What items you carry? Captain Phillips: What do you mean? Muse: TV? Car? Captain Phillips: Shipping TV, car? No, no, we just uh.we just got. Muse: From now on this one is called Irish, okay? Muse: Okay, Irish. Najee: Yes! Yes! Muse: You, Yankee? Captain Phillips: Me? Muse: Yeah? Captain Phillips: Yeah, yeah, yeah. The ship, where from? Captain Phillips: The ship? Uh.America, it's an American ship. When we get paid, everything gonna be okay. Captain Phillips: They're not here to fish. ![]() No problem, Irish everything gonna be okay.ĭialogue UKMTO Officer: Maersk Alabama, you should alert your crew, get your fire hoses ready.You said this was just business! Is this how you do business?.You're not just a fisherman! You're not just a fisherman!.If they find you, remember, you know this ship, they don't. Listen up, we have been boarded by armed pirates. ![]()
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